These two ladies profoundly impacted my life

這兩位女士對我的人生產生了深刻的影響

and I will never be able to thank them personally,

我卻永遠沒有機會對她們當面表示感謝了

so I will do it here.

所以我會在這里表達謝意

First,

首先

to the random teenage girl on the train:

我要致那個在火車上偶遇的少女

You were talking with your friend.

那時你在和朋友聊天

She seemed really depressed

你的朋友看起來十分消沉

because she could not get a boyfriend.

因為她找不到男朋友

I was half listening to the conversation

我無意間大致聽到了你們的對話

while dozing off

一邊還昏昏欲睡

and heard you say:

我聽到你說

"WHY do you want a boyfriend so much?

為什么你這么想要有一個男友?

What do you think will change in your life

你覺得，自己的生活會發(fā)生什么變化

after getting a boyfriend?"

當你有了男友之后

That woke me up.

這句話點醒了我

At the time,

那時

I was obsessing over getting a particular "dream job".

我岌岌的想要爭取一份“夢想中的工作”

I was depressed

為此我十分消沉

and anxious about it,

十分焦急

I was crying over it.

我時常為之哭泣

I was feeling like such a failure.

我感到自己太失敗了

It was all I could think or talk (and complain) about.

我滿腦子里想的，口中說(抱怨)的都是這件事

As soon as I got home,

我一回到家

I made a list:

就做了一個清單

"Things that I think will change

生活中會有什么樣的變化

if I get my dream job".

如果我得到了我夢中的工作

It ended up being such a long list.

最后，我列出了一張非常長的清單

I was basically blaming all of life's problems,

基本上我就是在抱怨生活中的難題

big and small

有大有小

on not having this particular job.

似乎它們都是因為我沒有得到那份工作才產生的

Not only that,

不僅如此

but I was also putting things "on hold"

我還擱置了許多事情

until after I got this job

一定要等到自己得到那份工作才愿意做

for no good reason.

并沒有什么正當?shù)睦碛?/p>

Like I needed a particular job title

比如，我需要那個職位頭銜

to join a gym

才能去健身

or practice my hobby.

去發(fā)展自己的愛好

So I took that list

于是我拿起那張清單

and started DOING everything I wrote down.

開始實際的做每一件我寫下的事情

I started addressing the problems directly

我開始直面那些問題

and finding outlets for the things

尋找某些事情的出口

I was not satisfied with.

排解自己對那些事情的不滿

I still wanted the job,

我仍然 那份工作

but my happiness did not depend on it.

但我是否幸福并不完全儀仗于它

Since then,

從那時起

when I find myself obsessing over a particular thing,

每當我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己沉湎于某樣東西

I always take the time

我總會花些時間

to think

去想一想

if I'm using it as an excuse

我是不是在用這樣東西當做借口

to not work on other problems I might have.

從而不去解決自己可能面臨的其他難題

Thank you,

謝謝你

teenage girl on the train.

火車上的少女

You were trying to help your friend

你只是想幫助自己的朋友

and changed a stranger's life instead.

但你卻改變了一個陌生人的一生

Second,

我第二個要感謝的

to the woman that lives in an apartment

是住在同一棟公寓里的女人

somewhere above me:

她家正好在我樓上

You moved to the building

你搬進公寓時

shortly after I did.

我剛搬進去不久

I heard some people move

我聽到有人搬運東西的聲音

what sounded like a very heavy object

聽上去像是十分沉重的東西

up the stairs

就在我的樓上

and you thanking them

你連聲道謝

with such happiness in your voice.

聲音里滿滿的歡欣

And then I heard music.

然后我聽到了音樂

You almost didn't wait for the movers to leave

你甚至不愿意等到搬家的人離開

before you started playing that piano.

就開始彈奏你的鋼琴

And you kept playing.

你一直彈下去

Every day.

每天如此

Every day

每天

I heard the piano

我都聽到鋼琴聲

and I remember thinking

我記得自己那時想到

"She plays beautifully,

她彈得多么好

I wish I was that good at my hobby".

真希望我對自己的愛好也是如此精通

And then I felt like an idiot.

這時我才知道自己多么愚蠢

Because

因為

I was hearing you play every day

我每天都聽到你彈鋼琴

while I was wasting time online.

自己卻在上網(wǎng)浪費時間

So I closed my laptop

于是我關上了自己的筆記本

and got practicing.

開始練習

I'm trying to build that habit now.

現(xiàn)在，我正努力發(fā)展自己的愛好

Sometimes

有時

it's hard to find that motivation ,

我很難找到自己的動力

sometimes I forget .

有時我會忘記

But every day I hear you play,

但是每天我都會聽到你練琴

and every time

每到這時

I stop what I'm doing

我會停下手頭正在做的事情

and practice for a little bit.

練習一小會兒

I'm still not great,

我仍然技藝不佳

but I'm getting better.

但我在不斷進步

Thank you,

謝謝你

lady who lives in my building.

與我住在同一棟樓里的女士

You are just practicing a skill you enjoy

你只是在練習一項你喜歡的技藝

and you inspired a stranger to do the same.

你卻激勵了一個陌生人向你那樣去做

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